Try this:
// takes the 1st character from $last_name and adds
// datetime in format of DDMMYYhhmm
$rma = substr( $last_name, 0, 1) . date("dmyHi);
See:
aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/PHP/function.substr.html
uk2.php.net/date
Vincent Jordan wrote:
I am trying to figure out how to select the first
Vincent Jordan wrote:
I am trying to figure out how to select the first letter of from the form
field print it then append by datetime.
Here is an example:
$first_name = $_POST['first_name'];
$last_name = $_POST['last_name'];
$name = $first_name . ' ' . $last_name
$rma = ?strcnt($last_name), 1 .
> $first_name = $_POST['first_name'];
> $last_name = $_POST['last_name'];
> $name = $first_name . ' ' . $last_name
> $rma = ?strcnt($last_name), 1 . Datetime(?) // takes the 1st character from
> $last_name and adds datetime in format of 715041200
$rma = substr ($last_name, 0 , 1).Your.Datetime;
Isn't there a tokenizer method?
Mark
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From: Vincent Jordan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: [PHP-DB] Printing selected characters (strcnt?)
I am trying to figure out how to select the first letter of from th